PDFgear vs Smallpdf
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| Figure | PDFgear | Smallpdf |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · PDF editors | 9.0 (#11) | 9.4 (#1) |
| Spec score · Scanner apps | 8.7 (#11) | 9.4 (#1) |
| Spec score · Mobile Scanning Apps | 8.6 (#14) | 9.4 (#1) |
| Spec score · PDF Merger Software | 8.6 (#9) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Spec score · PDF Software | 8.6 (#9) | 8.7 (#6) |
| Spec score · PDF mergers | 8.4 (#9) | 8.6 (#7) |
| Annotation tools | Yes | Yes |
| Form creation | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | The company lists Singapore addresses including 91 Bencoolen Street, Sunshine Plaza, Singapore 189652. | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Integrations | An App Store reviewer reports cloud integration for accessing documents and collaborating across locations. | Integrations include the Chrome Extension, Google Workspace, and Dropbox App. |
| OCR | Its OCR recognizes scanned documents and supports more than 30 languages. | Yes |
| PDF conversion | Yes | It converts PDFs and multiple image and office formats. |
| PDF editing | Users can modify PDF text, images, shapes, signatures, links and form fields. | Users can add text, shapes, images, and freehand annotations. |
| Supported platforms | web,Windows,macOS,iOS,Android | web,windows,ios,android,chrome_extension |
| Text editing | Yes | Yes |
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In their own words
Smallpdf
Smallpdf is a PDF service with tools for editing, converting, compressing, organizing, sharing, protecting and scanning documents. Users can add text, shapes, images and freehand annotations, create forms and use OCR. It supports electronic signatures, including signing, requesting signatures and tracking documents. Files can be stored, managed and shared across devices, and the mobile app supports PDF scans, document organization and file sharing. Smallpdf is available on the web, Windows, iOS and Android, and also supports a Chrome extension. Integrations include Google Workspace and Dropbox. Thirty PDF tools are available for free, and the free trial lasts seven days. Pro costs $12 a month, billed monthly per user. Team costs $10 a month per user and covers 2 to 100 users, with a minimum of two seats. Smallpdf says it uses 256-bit TLS encryption for information transfer and is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and compliant with GDPR, CCPA and nFADP. Customer support is available around the clock.